Things Unlimited

01/09/2015

BORDEAUX

"There is so much to discover in Bordeaux" it says on the huge canvas with bottleflies,

– and it is true. A major part of the city is UNESCO World Heritage so we have already started to explore.

Obviously, it is an organized city. Public benches can be sat on from Monday to Friday only during lunch break ! ;-)

Shopped in a super marché and had a delicious picnic on the promenade along the Garonne river as the sun was setting. Back in the hotel we now enjoy the warm evening and the sounds of tramways in the street below our windows and the roaring male lions in the visiting circus on the nearby Quinconces place.

Stay tuned !

26/08/2015

Stockholm

Spent some warm and beautiful August-days in Stockholm. Copenhagen does have a looong way to go to match the 'Venice of the North'.

Much has happened since the Danish-Norwegian-Swedish king Christian II (the Swedes call him Christian Tyrant) staged the 'Bloodbath in Stockholm' and got 87 Swedish noblemen executed at Stortorget in November 1520.

Since then, Denmark and Sweden have fought 8 wars – however, the Swedes came out victorious at the end.

Not surprisingly, we (the Danes) still want to beat the Swedes – in football.